A Minnesota Weekend

It had been almost a month since Emma was on her last airplane, so we headed off to Minnesota to visit various family members. Nana and G-Pa were in town for the weekend for G-pa's high school reunion and Uncle Scott and Tricia had a new house to show off. We flew in on Thursday night and on Friday, we headed down to Owatonna for a little family get together that my aunt was having. Emma loved seeing Nana and G-pa and meeting family she had not met before. Aunt Ione also had a great garden that Emma enjoyed looking at (and eating from :)




Emma and G-pa spent a lot of time in the garden
We also learned a new game called "Corn Hole" Which involved throwing corn bags into and onto holes and boards

Dan makes his throw

Emma cheered everyone on and collected the corn bags

Thank You Kuester family for such a nice day!
G-pa also got Emma a little present from his college...Emma now has a Golden Gopher to wear along with her Hokie shirts

On Saturday, we went to the zoo with Uncle Scott and Tricia

Emma checks out the otters

Then she digs for dinosaur bones

See the tiger?

The bald eagle in the bird show

Riding the horse drawn wagon to the farm exhibit

Grooming the goats

Emma found lots of tractors to ride

Does she have a future in farming?

Emma found chicks to pet

And bunnies

And she even got a tattoo from the dairy counsel
After the zoo, we headed off the original Famous Daves for some Bar-b-que


We got the family platter served on a trash can cover

We ended the day hanging out on the porch
On Sunday, we headed off to the "Mall of America" to do some shopping and try our some of their awesome rides


The indoor amusement park

Emma and Daddy on the roller coaster

and the cars

Checking out the scene from the Ferris wheel

Daddy and Uncle Scoot tried one of the scarier rides

The view from the second floor

Snuggles with Uncle Scott before heading back to California
Thank you all our Minnesota family for such a fun weekend!